Acai Research, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil, Dornith Doherty

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Dornith Doherty, Acai Research, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil
Dornith Doherty, Acai Research, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil
Dornith Doherty
Acai Research, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil
2012
Dornith Doherty
born 1957
Acai Research, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil, 2012
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: inkjet print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 91.5 x 65.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 36 1/2 x 25 13/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 102.5 x 75.5 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 40 3/8 x 29 3/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 41 x 30 1/2 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2018.0015
Not on display
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Big Botany: Conversations with the Plant World
This group of photographs is selected from photographer Dornith Doherty’s ongoing project Archiving Eden: the Vaults, which documents many of the world’s seedbanks. Seedbanks play a vital, if precarious, role in protecting the Earth’s genomic heritage. The stored seeds must be germinated periodically to test their viability. Doherty explains the genesis of this ongoing photographic project: “Spurred by the impending completion of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, I initiated Archiving Eden: the Vaults in 2008 to explore the role of seedbanks and their preservation efforts in the face of climate change, the extinction of natural species, and decreased agricultural diversity. Serving as a global botanical backup system, these privately and publicly funded institutions assure the opportunity for reintroduction of species should a catastrophic event or civil strife affect a key ecosystem somewhere in the world.”
Big Botany: Conversations with the Plant World
This group of photographs is selected from photographer Dornith Doherty’s ongoing project Archiving Eden: the Vaults, which documents many of the world’s seedbanks. Seedbanks play a vital, if precarious, role in protecting the Earth’s genomic heritage. The stored seeds must be germinated periodically to test their viability. Doherty explains the genesis of this ongoing photographic project: “Spurred by the impending completion of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, I initiated Archiving Eden: the Vaults in 2008 to explore the role of seedbanks and their preservation efforts in the face of climate change, the extinction of natural species, and decreased agricultural diversity. Serving as a global botanical backup system, these privately and publicly funded institutions assure the opportunity for reintroduction of species should a catastrophic event or civil strife affect a key ecosystem somewhere in the world.”

Exhibitions

Big Botany: Conversations with the Plant World
Stephen Goddard, curator
2018

Citations

Goddard, Stephen H, ed. Big Botany Conversations with the Plant World. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 2018.